Now that Japan is the only Axis power still in the fight, Allied forces- especially American ones- must redeploy to prepare for the final invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. But how do you move millions of men halfway around the globe? And which ones go- veterans or new recruits, or some combination? Who decides? Where exactly do you send them to prepare too, with some many eastern ports like Manila a shambles? Let's take a look.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Jake McCluskey
Written by: Tom Aldis and Indy Neidell
Research by: Tom Aldis
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman

Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
National Security Research Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Progressive Progress - Howard Harper-Barnes
Underlying Truth - Howard Harper-Barnes
Leave It All Here - Fabien Tell
Let Go of Fear - Howard Harper-Barnes
On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra
Run and Hide - Philip Ayers
The Inspector 4 - Johannes Bornlöf

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.